Cuban Missile Crisis
Source: HISTORY
In October 1962, two world leaders faced a choice about whether and how to avert a nuclear war.
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What Does It Mean for America to Put Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill?
Source: The Atlantic
The U.S. Treasury recently decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Click on this link to read a discussion by several writers and editors from The Atlantic about the significance of this change to American currency.
German Parliament Votes To Recognize Mass Killing Of Armenians As Genocide
Source: NPR
In June of 2016, Germany officially declared that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a century ago was genocide. Read this article to find out more about the controversy surrounding this decision.
French Revolution
Source: HISTORY
The American Revolution didn’t only bring freedom to Americans; it also helped fuel a revolution across the ocean in France. Learn about how the French people overthrew their monarchy and what the result of the revolution was.
The Story of Smallpox and Other Deadly Eurasian Germs
Source: PBS
The European conquest of the Americas in the 1500s was brief and decisive. The established civilizations on this side of the Atlantic Ocean lacked the weaponry of the invaders. More significantly, they lacked immunity to the deadly germs that accompanied the Europeans.
Where would we be without George Washington?
Source: National Constitution Center
George Washington retired shortly after the American Revolution and re-emerged on the political scene several years later. In this essay, historian Edward Larson emphasizes the significance of these actions and makes a connection to modern global revolutions.
Archaeologists Are Hunting for the Lost French Fleet That Nearly Conquered Spanish Florida
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Archaeologists are looking for the wreckage of a fleet of French ships that was lost near present-day Florida in 1565. Why are scientists so interested in this shipwreck from long ago? The loss of the ships brought an end to French colonization in the Americas.
Discovery Leads Yale to Revise a Chapter of Its Black History
Source: The New York Times
Recently found letters and documents have uncovered that Richard Henry Green, an African-American man, graduated from Yale in 1857, nearly 20 years earlier than the man who was believed to be the first African-American graduate from Yale.
The Speech That Brought India to the Brink of Independence
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
In August of 1942, Mohandas Gandhi gave an influential speech urging Indians to stand up for their liberty. Read to learn more about India’s struggle for independence and the historical significance of Gandhi’s speech.
Anne Frank’s Message is Still Important Today
Source: Teen Vogue
An opinion writer ponders why Anne Frank’s words still resonate with teenagers today.